Posts from November 2024

Ramblings of an Old Dog. There is a big old Saint Bernard dog at Hotel Dezor, in the village of Kaza, in the Spiti Valley, India. This canine warrior, however, is a bit of a sad and sorry sight. He stands tall among his street dog mates, but his fur is bedraggled, his two rear feet are bandaged, and he limps slowly and painfully around the hotel and surrounding streets. Karan, the hotel owner, looks after him. He feeds him well,…

Around the end of September, I came down with a nasty throat infection that was confirmed to be Glandular Fever/Mono after a blood test. The doctor told me that by age 35 most New Zealanders have had Mono without even realising it because of a lack of symptoms. Apparently, it only gets you if you are a bit run down already (lucky me!).  This has meant two months of forced slowing down, more sleeping, not going out, university extensions, boredom,…

I spent most of last week at Baptist Hui related things including a day with some other like minded Baptist pastors at Little River; a day with other chaplains in the Baptist movement and then 3 days at the Hui itself at Rangiora Baptist Church. I thought I’d share a few of my reflections. Feel free to ask me (or Rachelle, Fern or Steph) for more thoughts.Take careHelen